Let the Storm Break
by Shannon Messenger
Series: Sky Fall #2
Published: March 4, 2014
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult
Format: eARC (400 pages)
Source: For Review
With the Gale Force weakened by recent attacks, and the power of four collapsing, Vane and Audra are forced to make a choice: keep trusting the failing winds, or turn to the people who’ve betrayed them before. But even if they survive the storms sent to destroy them, will they have anything left to hold on to?
Spoiler free even if you haven’t read the first book in this series.
I loved Let the Storm Break as much as the first book, Let the Sky Fall. I flew through this whole book so fast that I hardly took any notes. Being that immersed in a story is a lot of fun but it makes for crappy reviews. I’m going to try to think of more to say than “asdjfkl it’s so awesome go read it.”
Vane is such a great character and I love his sense of humor. He’s cracking jokes about Legolas that no one gets and I love it. He has this sarcasm and blunt honesty that make him so much fun to read about. Vane feels like a realistic teen. He’s got this immature streak that I find so funny.
So there are “relationship issues” like there are in many second novels that have romance. But I thought it was very well done because it was more about each of them working out their own things and not just trying to tear apart the relationship that was just made for the sake of conflict. I hope that makes sense without spoiling it.
The power of the winds coming from their songs that only sylphs can sing is one of my favorite things about the world building in this series. It’s just beautiful and simple.
One of the things I did not like about the first book was the lack of an interesting villain motivation. This book shed some more light on the villain. The villain just got upgraded from “I want to take over the world for no reason” to “Mad Scientist” and I found it very interesting.
Overall, this book has great romance, funny and realistic characters, and a beautifully simple world.
Content Rating: Medium, for kissing scenes and a few immature jokes about things like farts and boobs.
This post contains affiliate links and I receive a small percentage of sales made through these links. I received this book for review from the publisher, Simon & Schuster, in exchange for an honest review. I was not told what to say, I was not paid to write this review and all the opinions expressed are my own. I read an Advanced Reading Copy for this review.
About Shannon Messenger
Shannon Messenger graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts where she learned--among other things--that she liked watching movies much better than making them. She also regularly eats cupcakes for breakfast, sleeps with a bright blue stuffed elephant named Ella, and occasionally gets caught talking to imaginary people. So it was only natural for her to write stories for children. She's the author of the middle grade series, KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES, and LET THE SKY FALL, a trilogy for young adults. She lives in Southern California with her husband and an embarrassing number of cats.
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My name is Jessica. I love to read Young Adult and classic literature. I’ve been a book blogger for six years and I haven’t gotten tired of it yet. I’m a very curious reader. Writing about all the questions and thoughts I had while reading a book is the best hobby ever.
This sounds like a fun series. I do love the mad scientist-type villain.
Let the Sky Fall is on my March queue so I will read it this month!! I’m excited to see what this awesome book is all about.
I still need to read the first book! I feel like I would like it though. And I’m happy the sequel wasn’t a letdown like so many sequels tend to be!